Free software during wartime

Yes of course, I tried to keep it short and simple.

> Enforcement can include being ostracised to not being able to get a job. In extreme forms the enforcement is done by the population itself, rather than by authorities.

Yes you can be "cancelled" but that's true in every country, social pressure can be very strong but out of respect for people dying in say Iran, don't confuse social pressure with authoritarian regimes.

The reason "cancellations" are much more visible in the US is precisely because social pressure is much, much lower which makes some people think they can think aloud on the Internet megaphone and expect some positive effect without anticipating actual consequences. In other places all children are taught to keep their mouth shut at a young age (= social pressure).

Unlike many other countries, you can also evade social pressure in the US by simply moving to a different place. This is not theoretical, I've met a number of people who actually did that.

> But the invasion and occupation of a foreign country most definitely imposes a form of authoritarianism on that country.

Most of the time but not necessarily. They're just different things, that's all. The war in Iraq was one of the biggest lies, crimes and disasters of the century and Iraq is a possibly worse place to live right now but I don't think anyone would argue that the current Iraq regime is more "authoritarian" than Saddam Hussein was.